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Emulex OCe11xxx UCNA Firmware Package
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Firmware Version: 10.2.261.36
Supported On: IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex
Problems Fixed:
- FRU VPD fields are now properly populated on CN4054 and CN4054R
- Fixed UE resulting slow boot at UEFI splash screen and NIC devices removed
- When using VMQ with Windows Server 2012 or 2012R2, the user may experience
VM connectivity loss, packet drops, system hangs, inability to shutdown VMs
and possible system crashes on shutdown. The complete solution also
requires 10.2 based Windows NIC driver.
- Resolved an issue for auto negotiation between the x240 onboard LoM to the
EN2092 1Gb switch
Incremental Interoperability:
- Inventory support for the Flex xHMC (Chassis Hardware Management Console)
Known Issues:
- Server hangs at "Scan for Fibre Devices", when port disable/enable performed
on the Brocade Converged 10 Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.
Do not force the link down after POST has completed and then attempt a
discovery of the SAN. If you do a reboot is needed.(159125)
- To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
here.(159505)
- Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
created!". There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
of configured vPorts.(155807)
- Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)
- PXESelect showing incorrect MAC address, bandwidth & SVID values. This bug
is a cosmetic issue and only impacts PXESelect. The values which are not
displayed correctly in PXESelect can be viewed in UEFI, OCM, and on the
switch.(151140)
- IFM Boot target is consumed on a particular port even though the target is
not accessible to that port. IFM/BOFM boot target configuration is not
supported. This limitation has existed for several code releases and we are
now documenting it here.(159226)
- "Configurations have changed" message seen in UEFI setup screen when no
changes were made. This pop-up can be ignored and will be fixed in a future
code release.(159086)
- The server may hang at "Connecting Boot Devices and Adapters" if both FCoE
ports have boot targets configured when using a 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru
Module for IBM BladeCenter. The server will not hang if only a single port
is configured with a boot target.(157137)
- FCoE VLAN ID is being displayed incorrectly as hexadecimal in UEFI menu.
This is a cosmetic issue only. The correct VLAN is properly assigned, so
there is no functional impact. The actual VLAN ID can be observed elsewhere.
(159561)
- In FCoE configurations with BE3 in UFP mode on System x3690 X5 servers, a
UEFI rescan is required to boot to the OS. This renders UFP not supportable
in UFP/FCoE configurations(158669)
- After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes. Be sure to
select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
legacy rack and blade servers.
- Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
some legacy rack and blade servers.
- When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.
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Firmware Version: 10.0.803.13
Supported On: IBM System x
Problems Fixed:
- IBM Feature on Demand for storage keys now works with Optimized Boot enabled
- Link detection time improved from ~70 secs on DAC cable insertion/removal
Incremental Interoperability:
- Unified Fabric Protocol on IBM System x Servers
Known Issues:
- After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes. Be sure to
select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
legacy rack and blade servers.
- Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
some legacy rack and blade servers.
- When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.
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Firmware version: 4.6.281.26 (supported on IBM System x, BladeCenter and Flex)
Problems Fixed:
- CN4054 VPD is not valid during/after IMM flash
- Links go down after 497 to 498 days in VMWare
- Send 'link down' to switch if UE occurs on ASIC
Incremental Interoperability:
- Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA IIIr for IBM System x
- Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded VFA IIIr for IBM System x
Known Issues:
- After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes. Be sure to
select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
legacy rack and blade servers.
- Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
some legacy rack and blade servers.
- When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.
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Firmware version: 4.6.281.21 (supported on IBM System x, BladeCenter and Flex)
Problems Fixed:
- OCe10 VFA CNAs stuck in "Switch Independent Mode"
- Port Identification fails on Port 1 under uEFI menu for PCIe rack VFA
Incremental Interoperability:
- IBM Flex System CN4054R 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
- IBM Ivy Bridge CPU Based Servers
Known Issues:
- After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes. Be sure to
select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
legacy rack and blade servers.
- Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
some legacy rack and blade servers.
- When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.
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Firmware version: 4.6.281.8
Supported On: IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex
Problems Fixed:
- HW iSCSI offload is now supported in UFP Mode (UFP limited to IBM Flex)
- Server may hang during boot with multichannel disabled with switch default
settings. The IBM 10Gb Virtual Fabric Switch has trunking enabled and the
Brocade Converged 10Gbe Switch Module has ports in "Access" mode. If the
Brocade Converged 10Gbe Switch Module ports are switched to trunking mode,
the hang no longer occurs.
- When using Config Patterns with virtual MACs the bandwidth settings are
are intermittently reset after some number of server reboots.
Incremental Interoperability:
- IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module
- IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet Switch
- IBM Flex System x222 10Gb Virtual Fabric LOM
- SLES 11.3 on IBM System x and BladeCenter
- Complete NIC/iSCSI/FCoE support for ASU/Config Patterns for Flex and ASU
for IBM System x & BladeCenter
Known Issues:
- After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes. Be sure to
select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
legacy rack and blade servers.
- Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
some legacy rack and blade servers.
- When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.
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Firmware version: 4.6.166.7
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter
Problems Fixed:
- When connected to Cisco Nexus 4k and 5k switches, the virtual link may not
recover on a switch port bounce (shut/no shut) in an ESXi environment. A
switch port re-bounce will recover the link.
- When connected to Cisco Nexus 4k and 5k switches, OneCommand Manager reports
CRC's and there is poor network performance in an ESXi environment
Incremental Interoperability:
- ASU/Config Pattern configuration for iSCSI and FCoE (BE3)
- UFP for iSCSI (BE3)
- Support for using 10Gb ports with legacy 1Gb switches installed in a
BladeCenter-S chassis or MSIM/MSIM-T expansion units in a BladeCenter-H or
-HT chassis
- Update Express System Packs now support Linux errata kernels
- ESXi 5.1
Known Issues:
- After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes. Be sure to
select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
legacy rack and blade servers.
- Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
some legacy rack and blade servers.
- Server may hang during boot with multichannel disabled with switch default
settings. The IBM 10Gb Virtual Fabric Switch has trunking enabled and the
Brocade Converged 10Gbe Switch Module has ports in "Access" mode. If the
Brocade Converged 10Gbe Switch Module ports are switched to trunking mode,
the hang no longer occurs.
- When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.
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Firmware Version: 4.4.180.3
Supported On: IBM Flex
Problems Fixed:
- 10Gb ports intermittenly linking at 1Gb speed with the IBM Flex System
Fabric EN4093/EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch.
- Switch Configuration after an erase configuration is not reflected after
reboot
- 'Logical Admin Link' not enabled after applying BOFM in Switch Agnostic mode
- IBM pre-boot Diagnostics NIC physical loopback test fails in Command and GUI
mode
- Multiple cosmetic issues with iSCSI UEFI BIOS
- 10Gb ports do not detect 'Link Down' with some switches
- When adding an iSCSI hardware target in UEFI through discovery login, the
boot target setting is ignored.
Interoperability since previous release:
- UEFI 2.3.1 Compliance
- Increased VF count in SR-IOV (was 16 VFs per port, is now 32 VFs per port)
- Support for next generation 10GbaseT PHY
- Expose IBM Feature On Demand licensing information in UEFI configuration
utility
- IBM Universal Configuration Manager for Ethernet
- IBM Unified Fabric Protocol
- Ability to assign Switch Agnostic VLAN IDs without intermediate reboot
- Changes to Personality or Multichannel in PXESelect allows further changes
to be made w/o reboot
- Support for IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch
Known Issues:
- HW iSCSI offload is not currently supported in UFP mode
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Firmware Version: 4.1.422.8
Supported On: IBM Flex
Problems Fixed:
- PHY Loopback fails on 10G ports
- RH 6.2 and W2k8 servers crashed after shut/no shut the switch port with FCoE
connection and 50 vlans configured
- DSA: NIC physical loopback test fails in Command and GUI mode
- Firmware update fails to update all VPD Code Level fields
- DCBX does not converge with FW 4.1.422 on Cicso 5k.
Interoperability Since Previous Release:
- Support for IBM Flex System x440 10Gb Virtual Fabric LOM
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Firmware Version: 4.1.422.0
Supported On: IBM Flex
Problems Fixed:
- SR IOV: Unable to ping IPV6 from DUT VF to Peer VF
- Reading VPD from BE3 timesout making SR IOV fail in newer kernels
- 1Gb devices are being suppressed by kernel during the PCI probe in
SLES11 SP2
- MAC Loopback fails when Mgmt Adapter Creation fails
- Failure of MAC loopback test after firmware update and warm reboot
- Suppress efat dump mailbox commands in the efat dump log
- Running ethtool with BE3 takes longer than expected after cable pull
- Out of Order CQEs
- TRACE_LOG function not printing the messages for some of the VF's
- esx4/5 issue. svc target cannot be configured properly
- RSCN is not generated by switch when a driver restarts
- Port Link stays up even after switch removed
Interoperability Since Previous Release:
- Support for IBM Flex System EN4054 4-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter
- Support for IBM Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
- Support for IBM Flex System x240 10Gb Virtual Fabric LOM
- Support for IBM Flex System Manager 10Gb Virtual Fabric LOM
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Firmware Version: 4.2.433.3
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter
Problems Fixed:
- Intermittent link status with IBM Virtual Fabric Switch when set to IBM
Virtual Fabric Mode
- The option to enable/disable SRIOV on HS23 LOM Port 0 is missing from
OneCommand Manager. This selection is available in UEFI F1 setup.
- Under high network stress, NMI errors can be seen with x3690 X5 and x3850 X5
- 10GbE ports running at 1GbE speed 10% below wirespeed at certain block sizes.
- Unable to perform PXE boot with LPVID assigned to vNIC interface
- 1Gb ports of HS23 do not handle tagging properly if multichannel mode
enabled (pnic ok). Note: ESX driver patch also required.
- Port flapping link after FW upgrade and "reboot" when connected to 10Gb PTM
module (DAC)
Interoperability Since Previous Release:
- Support for Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced (BE2) for IBM
BladeCenter
- Support for Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (BE2) for IBM BladeCenter
- Support for Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (BE2) for IBM System X
Known Issues:
- All 10Gb KX4 ports must be used with 10Gb switches. They will not link at
1Gb. This applies to HS23 LOM and IBM BladeCenter VFA adapters only.
- IPv6 IP address not visible via IMM GUI for IBM Option 90Y6456
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Firmware Version: 4.2.412.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter
Problems Fixed:
- All VFS on Port 1 on optional Card unreachable from outside the host (x3750
M4)
- 'Logical Admin Link' not enabled after applying BOFM in Switch Agnostic mode
- IBM pre-boot Diagnostics NIC physical loopback test fails in Command and
GUI mode
- Multiple cosmetic issues with iSCSI UEFI BIOS
- 10Gb ports do not detect 'Link Down' with some switches
- 1Gb ports on HS23 LOM not able link up with IBM ICPM (FRU part 44W4486) in
BCS chassis
- Performance issues with specific DAC cables and SND top of rack switch
Interoperability Since Previous Release:
- UEFI 2.3.1 Compliance
- Increased VF count in SR-IOV (was 16 VFs per port, is now 32 VFs per port)
- Support for next generation 10GbaseT PHY
- Expose IBM Feature On Demand licensing information in UEFI configuration
utility
Known Issues:
- All 10Gb ports must be used with 10Gb switches. They will not link at 1Gb.
- IPv6 IP address not visible via IMM GUI for IBM Option 90Y6456
- Intermittent link status with IBM Virtual Fabric Switch when set to IBM
Virtual Fabric Mode
- The option to enable/disable SRIOV on HS23 LOM Port 0 is missing from
OneCommand Manager. This selection is available in UEFI F1 setup.
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Firmware Version: 4.1.455.6
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter
Problems Fixed:
- Fixed an issue where ASIC randomly hangs losing network connectivity
when certain commands are sent from the host. Resulting behavior
varies between OS's (Yellow bangs in Windows, PSOD in VMWare)
- PHY Loopback fails on 10G ports
- UE and hang on LOM or Robalo when powering off Janice in UEFI or PXESelect
- Loopback on HS23 now functional in DSAp
- DCBX does not converge with firmware on a FCoE fabric
- Control C Broken on BE2
- 7 second delay in GET_CARD_ATTRIBUTES command
- Emulex VF adapter FCoE link lost on VMware 5.0
- flow control set for 10G Base T phys for autonegotiation
- Dynamic link update is not working with NIC UEFI driver
- Remove unused definitions in UEFI NIC
- Emulex driver expects that the Login Options field be zero
- "map r" displays a iSCSI BLK device when no LUNs presented
- "X/x Exit without save" does not work as expected
- Display proper description as part of EFI Driver Model Related Information
- Intermittent "Configuration changed. reset to apply it now?"
- Garbled output being displayed at the LUN configuration section.
- All Emulex Configuration settings get lost after a reset
- Perform additional checks when no Luns are mapped to the target
- CHAP name only accepts 6 to 10 characters
- Hii ???iSCSI Initiator Configuration??? showing old version screen
- iSCSI name is case sensitive
- iSCSI HII allows user to select first 8 LUNs as bootable.
- iSCSI Boot Enable/Disable option should be port specific
- LUN Configuration shows LUN 0, even if no LUNs presented to initiator.
Interoperability Since Previous Release:
- Support for Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced (CFFh, 2+2) for IBM
BladeCenter
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Firmware Version: 4.1.334.47
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter
Problems Fixed:
- NCSI transmit workaround for IBM
- Issues with data reporting when BOFM enabled
- Improved network performance throughput
- Issues with IBM Management network performance
- Logical link status for IBM mezz card shown as 'N/A'
- Serial Over LAN fails when more than one blade installed with a single
switch
- Removed UEFI menu items for unsupported functions on a port
- Issues with diagnositics in virtual NIC/UMC mode
- Issues with MAC and PHY loopback on OneConnect devices
- Several issues with FCoE on some OEM fabric switches
Interoperability Since Previous Release:
- Support for HS23 Virtual Fabric LAN on Motherboard
- Support for VFA III (95Y3762, 95Y3768), 90Y6456
- Support for IBM's Features on Demand (FOD)
- Formal support for SR-IOV
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Firmware Version: 4.0.1062.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter
Problems Fixed:
- iLab Tucson - lpfc Device Resets and path failures continue after error
inject.
- Writes do not complete when running LIP test on BE3 port 2
- IPV6 implementations no longer experience an unrecognized routing type
error.
- VLAN tagging is now disabled on the OneConnect UCNA when multichannel is
disabled.
- UEFI/BIOS-assigned LPVIDs now function properly on the OneConnect
10102-based UCNA.
- OneConnect UCNAs no longer send and receive only double-tagged packets
and discard all other packets.
- PHY, MAC, and External loopback tests no longer fail on all platforms.
- Firmware now returns the proper OneConnect UCNA model number.
- IPV6 implementations no longer experience an unrecognized routing type
error.
- Installing Windows 2008 or Windows 2008 R2 on remote iSCSI disks no
longer causes the system to hang.
- Issues no longer occur when resetting a server configured for multipathing
on VMware ESX systems.
- VLAN tagging is now disabled on the OneConnect UCNA when multichannel is
disabled.
- UEFI/BIOS-assigned LPVIDs now function properly on the OneConnect
10102-based UCNA.
- OneConnect UCNAs no longer send and receive only double-tagged packets and
discard all other packets.
- An adapter hardware error no longer occurs when running I/O with LUNs on
x86 platforms.
- Changing from Convergence Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) to Chassis Internal
Network (CIN) and then rebooting no longer fails to link-flap (CIN Fabric
Login (FLOGI) now occurs).
- PHY, MAC, and External loopback tests no longer fail on all platforms.
- Firmware now returns the proper OneConnect UCNA model number.
- DCB settings can now be configured.
- (iSCSISelect) When enabling DHCP for an iSCSI initiator, the Emulex iSCSI
Network Configuration utility now waits approximately 20 seconds to make a
DHCP connection before returning control.
- (FCoE BootBIOS) FCF CEE parameters for Boot from SAN configuration are now
saved properly.
Interoperability Since Previous Release:
- Added support for switch-independent multichannel mode.
- Added support for IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb RackSwitch firmware 6.8.1.0.
- Added support for IBM Virtual Fabric 10G Switch Module firmware 6.8.1.0.
- Added support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) on rack systems.
- Added support for iSCSI hardware offload on rack systems.
- Added support for Cisco Nexus 5000-series switches.
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Firmware Version: 2.103.397.3806 (IBM BladeCenter)
Firmware Version: 2.103.269.31 (IBM System x)
- Initial Release
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